Chapter 3 Flashcards
1
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Persia
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- Persia takes over Ionian Greek Cities –> failed revolt
- Darius’s revenge to revolters “remember the Athenians”
2
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Persian invasion
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- dominated by Athenians
- runner ran back to Athens to tell story (marathon origins)
- Xerxes sought revenge against greece –> invades
- greeks unite and defeat Persia, although athenians abandon their city to do so
3
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Delian League
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Alliance of Greeks against the Persians
4
Q
Pericles
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Was ruler of Athens between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars
5
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Ostracism
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Person named harmful by 6,000 was hammed from Athens for 10 years
6
Q
What type of family was most important in Athens
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Nuclear
7
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Main function of a family
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To have kids
8
Q
Women in Athens
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- excluded from public life
- unskilled jobs
- no property
9
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Peloponnesian war
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- Cause: Sparta feared Athenian power
- Strategy: Sparta attacked while Athens remained in its city walls, using its navy to fight
- End result: navy war destroyed, leading to an Athenian surrender
10
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Peloponnesian war impacts
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- Thebes = new Greek power
- weakened cooperation between city-states
- ignored growing power of Macedonia
